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Easy Japanese cooking: Onigiri

After finally finishing and presenting a big project yesterday, my friend and her boyfriend and I celebrated it with onigiri!
They are really simple riceballs filled with good stuff, a traditional Japanese dish, often used as a snack but it's just as good as a whole meal.
We made them filled with chicken, tomato and egg, but you can fill them with anything you want! That's what's so awesome about them!! :D
Here's my little recipe: onigiri goes European style

RecipeIngredients:- chicken- tomatoes
- eggs
- sticky rice, like basmati of thaise, with a small grain.
- sauce you like- seaweed (if you have it)- little bowl with water and a bit of saltHow to:- Boil the rice and the eggs.- Cut the tomatoes and the boiled eggs in small pieces- If the rice is ready, let it cool- Cut the chicken in small pieces and bake- when everything is ready, wash your hands!- now get a little bit rice in your hands, make a little bowl and fill with what you want (not to much)- put another bit of rice on top and shape(- cut a rectangle out of the seaweed and put it around the rice ball)- put aside and start making balls 'till all the rice is used- when you are going to make another ball put your hands in the little bowl with water so the rice won't be sticking to your hands- most likely you will have left-over filling- Eat! Itadakimasu! (Thankyou for the meal)

You can put those onigiri in the refrigerator or take with you in your bentoboxes to school or work.